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Mr. Ironside
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“Ideologies were invented so that men who do not think can give their opinions.”
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“Science deceives us in three ways: by turning its propositions into norms, by disclosing its results rather than its methods, by ignoring its epistemological limitations.”
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“In a bourgeois country, just as in a Communist land, they disapprove of “escapism” as a solitary vice, as a debilitating and wretched perversion.
Modern society discredits the fugitive so that no one will listen to his account of his journeys. Art or history, man’s imagination or his tragic and noble destiny, these are not criteria which modern mediocrity will tolerate.
“Escapism” is the fleeting vision of abolished splendors and the probability of an implacable verdict on today’s society.”
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Modern society discredits the fugitive so that no one will listen to his account of his journeys. Art or history, man’s imagination or his tragic and noble destiny, these are not criteria which modern mediocrity will tolerate.
“Escapism” is the fleeting vision of abolished splendors and the probability of an implacable verdict on today’s society.”
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“God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.”
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
― Self-Reliance and Other Essays
“Every individual with “ideals” is a potential murderer.”
― Escolios a una texto implícito: Selección
― Escolios a una texto implícito: Selección
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